Doak Walker Award

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The Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990, honors the nation's top college football running back. It is unique among college football awards in that it requires all candidates to be:

• in good academic standing, and
• on schedule to graduate within one year of students in their eligibility classification.

The award is named after Doak Walker.

[edit] Previous winners

Year	Winner	School
1990	Greg Lewis	Washington
1991	Trevor Cobb	Rice
1992	Garrison Hearst	Georgia
1993	Byron "Bam" Morris	Texas Tech
1994	Rashaan Salaam	Colorado
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State
1996	Byron Hanspard	Texas Tech
1997	Ricky Williams	Texas
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin
2000	LaDainian Tomlinson	TCU
2001	Luke Staley	BYU
2002	Larry Johnson	Penn State
2003	Chris Perry	Michigan
2004	Cedric Benson	Texas
2005	Reggie Bush	USC
2006	Darren McFadden	Arkansas

[edit] External links

1. Official Website

College football awards:
Best player awards: Heisman Memorial Trophy Maxwell Award | Walter Camp Award
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Best Defenseman) Chuck Bednarik Award (Best Defenseman) Dave Rimington Trophy (Best C) Davey O'Brien Award (Best QB) Dick Butkus Award (Best LB) Doak Walker Award (Best RB) Draddy Trophy (Academic Heisman) Fred Biletnikoff Award (Best WR) Jim Thorpe Award (Best DB) John Mackey Award (Best TE)	Johnny Unitas Award (Best Senior QB) Lombardi Award (Best Lineman or LB) Lott Trophy (Defensive impact) Lou Groza Award (Best PK) Manning Award (Best QB) Mosi Tatupu Award (Best spec. teams) Outland Trophy (Best IOL or DL) Ray Guy Award (Best P) Ted Hendricks Award (Best DE)
Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year | Home Depot Coach of the Year
Walter Payton Award (Best Div. I-AA Off.) | Buck Buchanan Award (Best Div. I-AA Def.) Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) | Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) | Melberger Award (Div. III)